Economic Statistics II
- Credits: 6
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Economic Informatics
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Teaching results
At the end of the semester, students will have an overview of indicators and statistical methodological tools suitable for the analysis of economic phenomena at the enterprise level, more specifically:
In particular, students acquire the following abilities:
- After completing the course, students will be able to apply appropriate statistical methods in the analysis of economic phenomena at the enterprise level.
Students acquire in particular the following skills:
- Students will be able to measure, evaluate and analyze phenomena and processes taking place at the enterprise level. They will be able to use the available methodological tools and methodology that they have acquired in the study of statistical methods and procedures that are suitable for applications in the field of business statistics.
Students will acquire the following competencies:
- Students will be able to understand statistical indicators and their explanatory power in relation to economic phenomena. They will be able to apply appropriate statistical methods in their own analytical work and make appropriate decisions based on this.
Indicative content
The course provides knowledge about methods of statistical analysis, evaluation and comparison of changes of economic indicators at company level. Lists construction methods of intensity indicators describing the relationships between inputs and outputs of the economic process at the enterprise level.
Support literature
1. SODOMOVÁ, E. a kol.: Hospodárska štatistika II. Bratislava: Ekonóm, 2019
2. GOVANNINI, E.: Understanding economic statistics: an OECD perspective. 2008
3. ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF: OECD Factbook 2005: Economic, Environmental and Social statistics. OECD, 2005
4. KONTŠEKOVÁ, O.: Úvod do hospodárskej štatistiky. Bratislava: ES EU, 1994
5. KONTŠEKOVÁ, O. a kol.: Základy hospodárskej štatistiky. Bratislava: EKONÓM, 2000
6. ULLAH, A.: Handbook of applied economic statistics. CRC Press, 1998
7. CHAJDIAK, J. a kol. 1989. Ekonomická štatistika Príklady. Bratislava: ALFA, 1989
8. KOVAČKA, M. 1984. Ekonomická štatistika. Bratislava: Alfa, 1984
Literature will be continuously updated with the latest scientific and professional titles.
Syllabus
1. Introduction to economic statistics II – state statistics and its tasks. 2. Labor force statistics – measuring the status, structure, movement and use of labor force, balance of working time, indicators of labor use. 3. Wage statistics – goals of wage statistics, basic indicators of wages, analysis of the level and development of wages, rates of differentiation and concentration of wages. 4. Production statistics – definition of production, units of production, types of production indicators according to content, production indicators, production development. 5. Production of selected industries – industry, construction, agriculture, services. 6. Production of selected industries – agriculture, services. 7. Foreign trade statistics – foreign trade indicators, INTRASTAT and EXTRASTAT system, publication of foreign trade statistics data, structure of foreign trade turnover, development of foreign trade turnover. 8. Capital statistics – theoretical foundations, definition of indicators, analysis of indicators of tangible fixed assets. 9. Cost statistics – breakdown of costs, cost indicators (cost and cost-effectiveness), cost development. 10. Labor productivity statistics – types of labor productivity indicators, analysis of the impact of factors on the level and development of labor productivity (breakdown of indicators), analysis of labor productivity development. 11. Stocks statistics – status of stocks, indicators of stocks turnover rate and their relationship, development of stocks turnover rate indicators. 12. Statistics on the use of machinery and equipment – synthetic indicators, capacity indicators. 13. Price statistics – the role and subject of price statistics, characteristics of the price level, types of price indices, price indices used in the economic and social field.
Requirements to complete the course
30% assignment
70% final paper (30% theoretical part, 40% practical – examples solution)
Student workload
Total study load (in hours): 156 hours
Distribution of study load
Lectures participation: 26 hours
Seminar participation: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars: 13 hours
Preparation for written assignment: 39 hours
Final paper preparation: 52 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak
Date of approval: 10.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 03.02.2022